Samuel Ford McGill

Samuel Ford McGill (January 1815 – June 26, 1871) was a Liberian physician and politician who served as governor of Maryland in Liberia from 1851 to 1854.

[2] George had built up connections with the leaders of the colonization movement, and served as the vice agent of Liberia for one year, among other privileged positions in the colony.

George's son-in-law, John Brown Russwurm, became the first governor of the colony established by this separate colonization society.

[1] In the fall of 1835, George contacted Moses Sheppard, a former member of the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Colonization Society, to ask for assistance in raising funds for Samuel to attend medical school in the United States for him to practice medicine in Liberia.

In November 1836, Samuel began to attend lectures at Washington Medical College, but by the next month, white students had organized and protested for his expulsion.

Phelps then contacted a medical professor at Dartmouth College, Reuben D. Mussey, and secured him a position at the university.